John Kelly (text) & Steph Laberis (artwork) (Little Tiger Press) Duck wants to join a club. Unfortunately, it isn’t easy. The Lion club expects members to be able to roar, the Snake club wants members to be able to hiss … every club he approaches denies him membership. Disillusioned, Duck finally realises that the only …
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Meet at the Ark at Eight!
If you are an adult reader of children’s literature, you will undoubtedly be used to snarky comments about why you are still reading “kids’ books”. I am not sure anyone has yet forgiven Martin Amis for his comments on writing children’s literature either: that having an audience in mind inevitably brings limitations and that “fiction is …
PICTURE BOOK CAROUSEL: Vive la Différence!
Two picture books on individuality, diversity, and acceptance, yet two very different stories. Which one will be your favourite? Bugs in a BlanketBeatrice Alemagna“Au pays des petits poux”, translated by Anthea Bell(Phaidon Press) In an old blanket live a whole colony of bugs. But each little bug lives in its own little hole, alone, with …